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Vol. 69, Issue #6 Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016

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“Our job is to take a look at what those candidates stand for and what they are going to do for us and our kids and our parents. That’s what this campaign is about.”

Sanders takes the stage for Hillary

BERNIE SANDERS VERMONT STATE SENATOR

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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders campaigned for Presidental Candidate Hillary Clinton on Friday, Oct. 7 in KSC’s Redfern Arts Center.

Sanders and Hassan campaign for Clinton JACOB BARRETT

Redfern Arts Center at KSC for Sanders’ Keene, NH leg on Clinton’s “Stronger Together” campaign about a month before election day.

People came from all over to listen to Senator Bernie Opening the event were students and other Clinton Sanders speak at Keene State College. Unlike the last and Sanders supporters echoing their praises of Sandtime he was here, though, Sanders was standing on the ers’ support of America’s college students including Redfern Stage promoting his former presidential oppo- KSC Democrats President Tyler Croteau and American nent, Hillary Clinton, and former Gov. Maggie Hassan Democracy Project Member Sara Myers. Former Goveras she runs for the United States Senate. nor and democratic New Hampshire Senate candidate 550 audience members packed into the seats of the Maggie Hassan came to the stage prior to introduc-

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ing sanders to show her support for her fellow party “What is absolutely clear, is that New Hampshire member, as well as campaign for herself, noting a few things about Donald Trump and her opponent Republican New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte in the process. during the New Hampshire primary and in the time “It is really clear that the stakes couldn’t be higher leading up to the Democratic National Convention. this election,” Hassan said. Later continuing about Ayo- Sanders noted that many of the points that he and his Roe v. Wade, voting to raise the retirement age, and her cratic platform.

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Corrections Page A4 (10/6): The Oct. 6 Equinox editorial and graphic incorrectly implied that the Holocaust and Genocide Studies program was in danger of being cut. Only the geology program is in danger of being cut. The Equinox is working to improve our communication process to prevent incidents like this in the future.

A&E Corrections: Page B3 (10/6): Garrison Keillor’s name was misspelled. Page B4 (10/6): Zac Benson’s name was misspelled.

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Substance abuse awareness panel offers support and resources DOROTHY ENGLAND

no one would want to hang out with me, that no one would want anything

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been sober since May 8, 2014. “It me grateful I’ve been given another chance.

If you knew my whole story and knew where I was when I was using to the equiNox staff person I am today, like if I can do it, anybody can do it,” she said.

On Oct. 5, guest speakers gave emotional speeches for a substance abuse tion. “[People in] my family are actively using or they’re in recovery. So I awareness panel in Keene State College’s Mabel Brown Room, detailing know both aspects of ‘Okay this is what I’ve personally faced,” and ‘This their experiences with substance use and how it changed their lives. Keene is what I face as a family member of somebody who struggles’,” she said.

State’s sorority Delta Phi Epsilon hosted the event.

Sorority member and KSC junior Alexandra Sholtes said they’ve hosted drugs. She said that while she’s very sad about it, she feels good knowing the event for three years now. “It’s something we want to continue moving she doesn’t have to numb the grief with drugs. “I got through my mom’s forward,” she said. Sholtes said this event is intended to educate people on death, but I didn’t have to use. I didn’t have to go out and get drunk,” she - said.

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was to educate and bring that human aspect to the issue,” she said. Sholtes said she felt the event was a success. “I was touched and moved by the courageous people who spoke,” she said.

Coordinator of AOD (alcohol and other drugs) Prevention, Treatment and Education Services Michelle Morrow said the event was well-received by the audience, of which she was also part of. Morrow did help with getting two of the speakers and organizing the event, but she said she moved by the event. “I thought it was fantastic,” she said. Morrow said of the 85 plus people who went to the event, most of whom were students. She continued that everyone was immersed in the presentation.

“No one was on their phone and there were no side conversations,” she said. Morrow said she was especially taken aback by presenter and KSC

“I’m very passionate about recovery; I wouldn’t be a college student if I was

the Student Center.

Another presenter was Jon Kesty, a social worker who has devoted his

was a talented basketball player and model student. Kesty then revealed that this was his daughter who had died of a heroin overdose in 2012,

school,” said Malanga. Malanga said he was a star hockey player during his college career, but went on to describe how his drinking and drug use escalated during that time as well.

“My whole mentality changed to: I wanted to go home to New Jersey and drink the way I wanted to drink and party the SAMANTHA MOORE / ART DIRECTOR way I wanted to party with my friends; that’s what was most important to me at that time,” Malanga said about the summer after his sophomore year of college.

Malanga eventually went to a new college in New York City where he said his drug use began to control his life, as he became addicted to percocet and heroin.

“Pretty soon, every decision you make is about getting your next high,” said Malanga. At one point, Malanga overdosed on heroin. It was then that he made the decision to get help and change his life. Now, over a year sober, -

don’t appear to be. Kesty explained that the American Society of Addiction said. than one percent of doctors are trained in addiction medication.”

The second presenter to speak, Dean Malanga was described as a recovering addict. Malanga began his story remembering his youth, when when she was put into a medically induced coma after her heart failed due he told himself that he would not drink alcohol until after high school. to withdrawals from drug addiction. She said it was scary asking for help because of the stigma associated with addicts.

“The fear of all that made it so I didn’t want to seek help. I was so afraid “I was that guy at the party who had to drink the most. I had to have the attention on me, but I always thought I had it under control in high how she started using when she was 12. “I came from a family riddled with

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allowed us to run a strong national campaign and the ideas that we fought for ended up in the Democratic platform, a platform that I will do everything I can to make sure is implemented,” Sanders said. tion day, Sanders insisted that this election was not solely about Trump or Clinton, or a sensationalized popularity contest between the two of them, but about the issues facing the country and the best way to move forward.

“Our job is to take a look at what these candidates stand for and what they are going to do for us and our kids and our parents. That’s what this campaign is about,” Sanders said ton, noting that they have worked together on proposals involving free, public college tuition, environmental sustainability and healthcare.

In addition, the Vermont independent aimed negative remarks towards Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Sanders knocked Trump and ex pressed his concern of a social setback of racial and gender relations if trump were to be elected, as well as Trump’s alleged preferential treatment of the upper-class billionaires with his support of legislation of the estate tax and lower and middle-class. shire, Vermont, all over this country who put their lives on the line and sometimes die in order to defend

in the Elliot Center, Monadnock Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coalition and the local branch of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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American Democracy, and let me tell you that I am very frightened about the movement in this country toward an oligarchic form of society and the undermining of American democracy,” Sanders said.

Toward the end of his time on stage, Sanders

Legislative forum on children in Monadnock Region

the people need to be willing to stand up for their rights,

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is to vote democrat on the Presidential Ballot.

“Real change takes place when people have the cour-

On October 10 a forum was held to discuss the problems facing children and families in the Monadnock region in Keene State College’s Mabel Brown Room. The event featured several candidates running for

justice. Weather it is ending racism, weather it is ending sexism, whether it is ending homophobia,” Sanders said. ary Clinton and Maggie on November eight,” he said.

While Sanders is no longer on the presidential ballot this coming November, students and others who attended the event still expressed their continued support for the Vermont senator and said that Sanders’ support of Clinton swayed them to side with the former Secretary of State.

“I’d rather back the person that backs the candidate thing that he agrees with [Clinton] over Trump than I

all of whom agreed that changes had to be made to accommodate children better in the Monadnock area.

Representatives from these audience, giving some background for the issues facing children and their development. Marjorie Droppa of Impact Monadnock, stated that

as of Oct. 8, Clinton leads Trump 43 percent to 38.1 pertowards other candidates and 7.8 percent were reported as being undecided.

Jacob Barrett can be contacted at jbarrett@kscequinox.com

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KSC Democrats President Tyler Croteau helps open Clinton’s “Stronger Together” campaign held Friday, Oct. 7 in KSC’s Redfern Arts Center.

of his or her life.

“A kindergarten teacher can accurately pinpoint children who are not going to graduate high school,” said an intern from Impact Monadnock.

The candidates were asked questions and each had a few minutes to respond. All the questions had to do children and family issues. Many of stress on parents is one of the main causes of impeded childhood development, they in turn outlined points to improve the economy in the area for families.

Some of the candidates, including the democratic nominee for district 10 state senate, Jay Khan, believed that raising the minimum wage would help low-income famiminimum wage would simply raise the cost of living and negate the of the candidates also believed that

The event was co-sponsored by Impact Monadnock, an organization which seeks to advocate for the region’s early childhood development, and the American Democracy Project, which describes itself as “an initiative that seeks to foster informed civic engagement in the

she agreed with the points of raising minimum wage, making college money in early childhood education, but disagreed with the notion of bringing big manufacturing companies into the area to generate job. focus needs to be invested in childhood development. She said, “It shouldn’t matter what family their born into, everyone should have equal opportunity.”

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Candidate for N.H. Senate Maggie Hassens speaks about both hers and Clinton’s campaigns at Clinton’s campaign “Stronger Together,” held Friday, Oct. 7 in KSC’s Redfern Arts Center.

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KSC Counseling Center creates outreach group CAMPUS

SAFETY report log

Week of: Oct. 3 Monday, October 3 12:34 a.m. Owl’s Nest 3: Odor investigation.

12:34 p.m. off campus: Drug possession.

3:27 p.m. Winchester Lot: Theft.

3:46 p.m. Main St.: Suspicious activity.

Tuesday, October 4 9:02 a.m. Butler Court: Attempt to locate person.

10:01 a.m. Carle Hall: Medicalnon-emergency.

8:00 p.m. Bushnell Apartments: Check the welfare.

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Student Support Network aims to assist students in distress DOROTHY ENGLAND

nEwS Editor It seems to be perfect timing that while there is a 20 percent increase of Keene State College students seeking counseling, a newly established group of students is being trained to The group, known as the Student Support Network, is not a result of the 20 percent increase, as they are both separate occurrences.

However, members of the Counseling Center are optimistic for the impact it can have in KSC students’ lives.

Counseling Center Director Brian Quigley said this 20 percent increase “is a big jump.” He said this increase is in addition to last year’s 15 percent overall increase of students seeking therapy. stairs to the Counseling Center located in the Elliot Center oncampus. While Quigley said he didn’t know the exact reason for this year’s expansion, he emphasized that the Counseling Center doesn’t see this as a problem.

He also noted that as a culture, we are moving toward more acceptance of therapy for ourselves and others. This action has allowed more people to feel comfortable pursuing therapy, meaning KSC isn’t the only place with an increase in students seeking aid.

However, Quigley said he understands therapy could be daunting for some. He explained students are more likely to reach out to their peers and friends than a counselor. He said, “[Research] shows that no matter how hard we work as college mental health people, [roughly] 77 percent of students, when they’re having a hard time, turn to their friends.”

He said only about 20 percent of students turn to the professionals. It was through this understanding that propelled the Counseling Center to create the Student Support Network.

When asked if the Student Support group was made as a potential solution for the budgetary issues KSC is facing, Quigley said they were unrelated.

He continued to say members of higher administration at KSC, including President Anne Huot, have placed a unique value on the counseling services available for students.

Quigley said as budget concerns have evolved over the past few years, the Counseling Center has yet to be severely

Counselor Forrest Seymour, who’s overseeing the Student Support Network , said the group entails essentially six weeks of training on how to identify and support students in distress.

Seymour explained that the training will include topics such as anxiety, depression, suicide, empathy and basic helping skills.

He emphasized that these students in training will not

“You never know how someone can help you in any way, whether it is that they just lend an ear...or they may even have a solution.”

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KSC SOPHOMORE AND MEMBER OF STUDENT SUPPORT “What it really is, is a leadership training,” Seymour said.

NETWORK “We’re training students to just have a better sense of what’s going on with each other and how to support each other…. and how to connect their peers with services, whether it’s the to do that.”

Counseling Center or something else,” he continued.

Seymour said the Student Support Network might be ben- nominated because of an already busy schedule. She said, however, she changed her mind after thinking it over.

“The more I thought about it, the more I was like everyone However, he said, “What we’re really hoping and expectneeds someone to talk to, whether it’s a friend or just anyone.

I hate to think there’s people out there who literally have no from this besides the students getting trained,” he said.

Seymour said these two groups include students who have one to talk to and just need a friend, just need someone to talk never tried counseling before so they could understand the to...I would like to be that person for someone,” she said.

Grotton said that if people don’t have that opportunity to talk, things will just get worse. out of the routine of it.

“When you bottle everything up, you will eventually just There are 15 students involved with this training, which have a meltdown and it’ll be big and it’ll be bad if you just Seymour said meant the Counseling Center met their goal. hold everything in. I just think it’s so important to talk to times a semester and to eventually have 10 percent of the stu- someone because they may be able to help you with an issue,” dent body trained.” These 15 students were nominated by Grotton said.

Grotton said it’s imperative that people don’t assume a random person can’t help. She said, “You never know how helpers.”

KSC sophomore and member of the Student Support Net- someone can help you in any way, whether it is that they just work Callie Grotton said she’s being trained to reach out to lend an ear...or they may even have a solution.”

One student who wished to remain unamed said he students who might need someone to talk to. “They’re going to train us to read people’s emotions, how to tell if someone is received counseling while he was in high school. He said it really helped him with his depression and he thought the emotionally upset or they’re not feeling right,” she said.

Grotton acknowledged that some students may feel intimidated by talking to a professional. “They’re (students are) need. “It can’t hurt,” he said.

If a student is in immediate need of counseling aid, they more comfortable talking to a fellow student. We’re going can call (603) 358-2437 during the week, Monday through through college and it’s a stressful time,” she said.

She said privacy is of the utmost importance, outside of Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or (603) 358-2436 for all other times emergent situations (harm to oneself or another). Grotton to speak with a counselor on-call. said, “If someone comes to me, I’m not going to tell my best friend, like ‘Oh this person came to me.’ That’s just not acceptDorothy England can be contacted at able at all. I’m going into this expecting that they are trusting dengland@kscequinox.com in me and that information’s only for me, but if there are cases that I need to reach out to someone to get more help, I have

1:11 a.m. LLC: Tresspassing.

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3:46 p.m. Madison Lot: Suspicious motor vehicle.

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Thursday, October 6 1:32 a.m. Owl’s Nest 9: Noise complaint.

1:11 p.m. Young Students Center: Suspicous person.

Friday, October 7 11:17 a.m. Huntress Hall: Fire alarm-no fire.

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Former Governor William Weld campaigns for Libertarian Party Contact dengland@ kscequinox. com institution without it being at the expense of the safety and well-being of college students here at KSC.”

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This past Friday, Oct. 7, former governor of Massachusetts, William Weld, visited Keene for a rally during his race for vice-presidency, while his running mate Gary Johnson was visiting the West Coast.

Before the rally began, Weld spoke about running as a Libertarian as opposed to one of the major parties, Democrat or Republican. He said it’s “a refreshing alternative from the mean-spirited Republicans and the Democrats believing money is free.”

When asked about his thoughts on how to help students with their debt and lack of work experience, he proposed an idea that companies could work with schools. He said students could go to school while doing a paid internship with

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local companies to gain work experience and to help students reduce their debt. He said the government can help with a collaboration between companies and schools.

“This feels like we’re watching a scary movie and we can’t change the channel, but in fact we can change the channel and you’ve got this responsible, sober-minded ticket,” Weld said, referring to the Libertarian party.

The rally had many people in attendance and no protesters were apparent.

Libertarian party supporter David Beckwith said the biggest reason why he supports Governor Johnson and Weld is that they advocate “individual liberty” and believe that the best government is one that doesn’t need to interfere on a regular basis.

Beckwith said the Libertarian Party believes in individual rights.

KSC senior Rachel Norton, who didn’t attend the rally, but knows of Weld and Gary Johnson, said it’s important that the American people have options outside of being Republican or Democratic. “The two party system isn’t built to last, coupled with the way we vote with the Electoral College,” she said.

Norton said having other options such as the Green Party and Libertarian Party allow for equal viewpoints. “Actual representation of our ideals and truths should represent our democracy,” she said.

Governor Weld was a former Republican, and when asked what it was like to shift from one party to the Libertarian party, he said, “Free! Free at last!”

Keith Medlock can be contacted at kmedlock@kscequinox.com

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OPINIONS

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Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016

EDITORIAL

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Flu shots important but should be optional

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apartment, evading illnesses can seem impossible.

Some may take more steps than others toward preventing getting sick.

However, stocking up on Vitamin C and constantly washing hands may be great steps to take, but they won’t guarantee immunity from the many different strains of illnesses spreading around.

Most everyone catches a cold from time to time, and although those congested couple of days aren’t an ideal way to be feeling, it’s not nearly as

“We don’t disagree with the many

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Despite the many alternative or commonsensical ways in which one can

This may be understandable, but for students who may not believe in vaccinations their either forced to go against their beliefs or put their college career in jeopardy.

It makes complete sense for nursing majors to be encouraged to receive updated vaccinations. After all, it is something they’ll most likely be practicing after college.

However, we at the Equinox feel no student should be required to ing illness, we just feel it should be the student’s choice.

A student shouldn’t have to go against their beliefs in order to major in

body, the body will have to take the time to develop its own antibodies to

on campus. and many feel it can be made easier with a vaccination.

Remaining healthy is important and preventing the spread of illnesses is something to be aware of.

However, it should be strongly encouraged, not required. Students should have the right to decide what goes into their own bodies, regardless of their intended majors.

shot or not. However, for some studying at Keene State College that option is not there.

with so many of us condensed on campus.

cine causes antibodies to develop within the body about 2 weeks after able to be involved with certain majors. Not all, but some majors are set up receiving the shot. this way, like athletic training and nursing.

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Use caution as clown craze continues ALEXANDRIA SAURMAN

“In my opinion, it doesn’t seem that the clowns mean harm, as no one has died from a clown-related incident.”

Staff Writer For the past couple of weeks, it seems that the clown craze has erupted into something more than just a practical joke. Involving arrest threats to simply scare the daylights out of people, these circus-posing imposters are spread across the nation according to news source Heavy.com, and there doesn’t appear to be a reason as to why. Regardless of the reason, we need to be taking this seriously.

Last month in North Carolina, there were reports of a white and red dressed clown bribing children with candy to follow him into the woods.

Although these reports came from the two, young, victim boys, another report was made days later. However, the individual making the call was found to have lied, as told in an article on USA Today.

Fox News in Boston reported that on Oct. 4, Merrimack College, located in North Andover, Massachusetts, sheltered in place due to a potential clown threat.

This incident proved to be pointless, as no clown was ever found. The report was made by a random Twitter user.

In Sparks, Nevada, Alex Ruelas and his friends spotted a clown wielding a machete. Finding the incident entertaining, Ruelas ignored the clown until it began to chase him. After it had disappeared, Ruelas and his friends neglected to inform police.

This only later led law enforcement into believing that Ruelas had staged the threat or thinking that it hadn’t actually happened. According to KTVN News, the clown wasn’t seen again.

In many reports the clowns always end up disappearing or are never found. In my opinion, it doesn’t seem that the clowns mean harm, as no one has died from a clown-related incident.

Perhaps they’re doing it in humor or for entertainment purposes. Whatever the case may be, we need to take this seriously.

While in Wal-Mart a few days ago, I witnessed two kids laughing while trying on clown masks.

Evidently, this was a joke to them. They thought the current terror sweeping the nation was something to chuckle about.

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at least in my opinion, this is a possible life-threatening situation.

If these incidents remain overlooked, they will continue to occur. People will think that they can get away with dressing up behind a spine-chilling mask and carrying around weapons.

In reality, they shouldn’t be able to if it’s going to cause panic and chaos. This raises yet another question: does it matter if these people are wearing clown masks?

From a young age, children are accustomed to associating clowns with the circus, tiny cars and pie throwing.

While clowns are often portrayed as entertaining or Time Magazine discusses this topic in an article, quoting Professor Scott Bonn who said, “We don’t know what’s beneath that makeup. It could be anyone or anything. They’re actually very frightening.”

With that being said, the answer is no -- the clown masks don’t matter. Anyone carrying any weapons or asking me to follow them into the woods would scare me away, but the clown masks don’t help.

Though a punishment doesn’t exist for disguising oneself as a clown, you may want to refrain from being Pennywise this Halloween, as it may be associated with criminal activity.

In a report from the Sparks Police Department to dress up like a clown, but if you decide to clown around, obey the law.”

Alexandria Saurman can be contacted at asaurman@kscequinox.com

gallows humor, or a type of humor that is used to compensate for dramatic and terrifying situations.

I may be going to extremities by calling it this, but, COURTNEY BETHEL / EQUINOX STAFF

STAFF COMMENTARY

Benefits of yoga affect more than just the mind MAGGIE MASON

equinox Staff year at Keene State College; I remember being intimidated by it and sore for the following two days. It took a few weeks before my roommate was able to talk me into going to another class with her, and I only agreed to because she promised it would be an easier class.

It wasn’t until this class that I realized there are endless ways to teach and practice yoga.

During sophomore year, I started taking yoga a little bit more seriously. I was going to a few classes a week and I had also joined the KSC yoga club on campus. Not only did my involvement with the club help me develop a deep love for yoga, it also enabled me to develop some of my strongest friendships at KSC. the gym, going to yoga club and developing my own practice at home, my love for yoga has done nothing but grow over the past few years.

Through my practice, I have become aware Between stress relief, promoting better sleep, helping with a back injury and teaching me a great deal about self-love, I truly believe yoga has made a major positive impact on my life.

Every time I roll out my mat, I feel better.

Yoga is such an individualized practice,

making it easy to take time to love and take care of my body.

In an article produced by the Harvard

every week, which provides students access

- teaching styles. selves as “emotionally distressed.” After these All of our teachers provide multiple levels women took two yoga classes a week for three months, they reported improvements in perceived stress, depression, anxiety, energy, practicing yogis. fatigue and overall well-being.

This year we are incorporating discussions Within the group, the depression scores other topics relating to yoga. So far this year, we have worked with four amazing teachers, percent. Improvements with headaches, back and, for the month of October, we have a difpain and poor sleep quality were also reported. ferent teacher coming each week.

Similar to the women in the study, I have inversion (headstand) practices, Thai Massage though yoga is an individualized practice, it and rocket yoga. We’re planning on introducprovides a community; a safe space where ing the use of essential oils and meditation people can focus on listening to their bodies’ and we hope to plan monthly activities for needs. club members to participate in.

Whether you want a workout that will have We have already taken a group hike where you pouring sweat or a relaxed work out that we practiced yoga on the top of the mountain stretches out your muscles, there is always a and we recently went apple picking and did some yoga at Alysons Orchard in Walpole.

According to the American Yoga Association, “Yoga helps you to access an inner Maggie Mason can be contacted at strength that allows you to face the somemmason@kscequinox.com times-overwhelming fears, frustrations and challenges of everyday life.”

As co-president of yoga club, I am constantly encouraging people to come to our

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Maggie Mason displays her yoga skills.

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There is no debating Trump’s comments this time around ADAM URQUHART

opinionS editor After what’s recently been brought to light over the weekend in the media regarding Donald Trump’s decade-old recording that’s been leaked, he’s been receiving much attention.

However, this time his comments aren’t going to be brushed under the rug as usual. Although this recordup to him at a crucial point in this election.

Sunday’s Presidential Debate was Donald Trump’s chance to defend himself, and in-between many abrupt fronted about this interview with Stern and did apologize...sort of. groups before, from women to Latinos, veterans to Muslims and so on.

However, for this recording to be brought up just before the second debate, and with Trump basically bragging about sexual assault during the interview, it with many others.

In the interview with Howard Stern, Trump bragged

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about grabbing women by their genitalia and hitting on married women. Despite the fact that this interview is surfacing now, over a decade later, seems this is a recurring thing that hasn’t changed much over the years.

I like to think that it’s not about what you’ve done, but it’s about what you’re doing. However, Trump has done this sort of thing countless times and has continued to do so throughout the election thus far. It’s not

thoughts.

He apologized to the American people, but instead of fully owning up to his words, he went on to say, “but ISIS…,”and then rambled on, avoiding the question at hand. He then claimed he has tremendous respect for women and that no one has more respect for women than he does.

When this came out of his mouth on live television, I couldn’t help but question whether he was joking or actually being serious.

Maybe he does believe he respects women, but the recording that swept through the media over the week-

I want to make it clear that I’m not a fan of either candidate, nor do I favor one over the other, as I’m still feeling the Bern. However, I do feel Hillary conducted herself much better than Trump Sunday evening.

Trump didn’t exactly right his wrong so much as he did basically say, “you’re wrong, and I’m right,” but are we surprised? I’m more surprised with him claiming no one has more respect for women than he does.

Overall, I feel Trump could have used this past Sunday’s second debate much more wisely, especially after receiving so much negativity. Paul Ryan has now come forward saying he will no longer defend Trump. I don’t blame him.

If anyone actually believed Trump when he said he I’m eager to see if this interview and the way Trump has tremendous respect for women, they’re either not brushed his words aside will have any impact on paying attention at all or just in their own little world. women voters or voters in general. It will be interesting I didn’t exactly respect the way in which Trump to see what Trump does next with only one more debate went about his apology, or attempted averting to the topic of ISIS instead, but at least he did apologize in his own way. I also didn’t think it was right for Trump to Adam Urquhart can be contacted at have brought up Bill Clinton’s past sexual endeavors, aurquhart@kscequinox.com but I wasn’t surprised in the least.

Hillary, however, kept her composure and, in my opinion, handled herself much more appropriately than Trump did in this debate. She may have interrupted, but not as much as Trump did.

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To raise awareness and help students take their health with Ashley, does she live in your

school and introduce yourself to

According to the Center for Disease Control and Preven drinks and sexual intercourse, if not protected appropriately,

Make it known that he has a This could steer girls away

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Students respond to recent school shootings RACHEL VITELLO

junior colleges in Texas.

In New Hampshire schools decide their own MACKENZIE CLARKE weapons policies, as do all states in New EngSTUDENT LIFE EDITOR land except for Massachusetts. There, concealed guns on-campus are prohibited by law, according to Armed Campuses.

Handgunlaw.us states that Alaska, Arizona, School shootings are not new in today’s society. When hearing the word “shooting,” many Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Vermont and West think Sandy Hook, Kent State, Virginia Tech or Virginia have “permitless carry,” meaning that Columbine.

Most recently on Oct. 1, a 14-year-old boy carry it concealed.

At the University of Illinois at Urbana Chamwas charged with the murder of a six-year-old boy and three counts of attempted murder after started as an argument during a party inside an being suspected of killing his father.

The boy was accused of killing his father apartment that later spilled onto the street. before “shooting and injuring children and a CNN reported that police said four people teacher at a school playground” on Sept. 25 in Townville, SC, according to CNN. They were all taken to the hospital and one On Sept. 25, one person was killed and six were injured after two related shootings at the victim, George Korchev, later died from his injuries.

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

CNN said Korchev was simply walking by These are just two examples of instances of school shootings. So how do students feel on our the area when he was shot and killed.

The second shooting was reported in an area campus here at Keene State College?

In a casual, random interview of 10 KSC stu- with many restaurants and shops, similar to dents, 100 percent said they do not fear for their downtown Keene.

Not all students are afraid of guns on campus. safety on campus.

Thirty percent of students said they would However, six out of ten students said they do

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Only one student surveyed was aware that on campus, and one student said they would be there have been 197 school shootings since 2013. more afraid than before.

As for why students think there have been When asked how they feel about campus safety carrying guns on campus, 60 percent of so many school shootings in the last three years, students said they would be afraid that someone one student said they think it’s because of “easy access to guns.” could get access to those guns.

A KSC student said, “I think it’s a matter of once a few people do it and people see it on the the United States allow concealed guns.

Those states include Idaho, Utah, Colorado, news, they think it’s a good idea.”

Another student wrote, “It’s so easy for Texas and Tennessee.

Armed Campuses states, “The new Texas law anyone to get access to one or more guns and permits individuals who have obtained a Con- then they feel powerful or invincible.”

The majority of students, at least those surcealed Handgun License (CHL) to carry their loaded, concealed weapon in college and univer- veyed in this situation, feel comfortable and safe sity buildings.”

“Each college and university may determine Safety. certain sensitive areas and buildings where Rachel Vitello can be contacted at concealed weapons will continue to be prohibrvitello@kscequinox.com ited. Each college and university must publically MacKenzie Clarke can be contacted at mclarke@kscequinox.com website, as well as widely publicizing it among correspondence with the institution’s faculty, puses.

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Study away: Researching in Panama CAROLINE MCSHERRY

STUDY AWAY I chose to study abroad for two reasons: one, to step out of my comfort zone and experience college with a and two, to learn about and be immersed in a new culture.

I am now in my fall semester of my senior year studying abroad in Panama.

I am an environmental studies major, and for that reason, I wanted to choose a program that was environmentally focused and academically rigorous.

topic of my choosing.

I am now one-third of the way done with my semester and I have done all of this and more.

My directors have been doing this trip for 14 years now and have expansive contacts within the country that allow us to participate in some exclusive insider opportunities.

For example, this past weekend we took an hour long boat ride in a dugout canoe to get to the indigenous community of Seiykin, where the Naso people live. We stayed with Naso families for two nights and experienced what it’s like to live with no running water or electricity.

Costa Rican families who welcomed us into their homes, to a program based out of Brattleboro, Vermont, called School for International Training. authentic food.

Aside from exploring nature and learning about the Ecology, Marine Ecosystems and Biodiversitiy Conser- environment, we also get to live with families in Panama vation.

City and take Spanish classes at a local university.

After class and on the weekends, we can go to museI met up with the 10 other girls on my trip, as well as my ums, breweries, discos, futbol games and nearby islands two Panamanian directors. to relax.

On this trip, I expected to learn about tropical forest The best parts of my trip so far have been being surecology, marine and coastal ecology, mammal, bird rounded by so many people with the same interests as me and having the freedom to discover new things on ods, indigenous resource use and the human-natural my own. resource interface. program in the best way possible. studies in Panama and Costa Rica, visit world-renowned research institutions, including the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and EARTH University, and spend

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In El Cope National Park, McSherry and her group attached camera traps to the sides of trees to track mammals. The results will be available for McSherry in November.

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The town of Cerro Punta in the Western Highlands of Panama. Here is where 85% of Panama’s produce is grown.

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McSherry enjoyed a classic Panamanian meal consisting of rice, beans, plantains and vegetables grown in Cerro Punta.

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McSherry’s orientation classroom at Hostal Doña Victoria, located 40 minutes outside of Panama City.

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A view of Panama city from a place called Cinta Costera (ribbon of coast).

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Student makes the switch from nursing to writing MACKENZIE CLARKE

STUDENT LIFE EDITOR As a nursing major, Keene State College senior Aryanah Haydu went about her day taking classes, doing homework and studying for tests, but behind the door of the soon-to-be psych nurse was a girl that was passionate about writing. at Keene, the Essex, Connecticut native was approached by her professor who told her she was in the wrong major. “[Professor Jack Bouley] told me I should really consider switching my major to writing,” Haydu said.

During her class, Haydu wrote about how rap culture conveys African American history.

Though she was encouraged by her professor, Haydu continued her sophomore year as a nursing major. “I talked to my parents [about switching] and they weren’t having it,” she said. Haydu said she didn’t feel “super immersed” in the nursing major.

After taking nursing classes, Haydu realized that she hadn’t taken one psychology class to help her become a psych nurse. “The program wasn’t like that at all,” Haydu said. “I felt like I was just doing things for the sake of doing them and getting it over with.”

After much consideration, Haydu decided to pull the trigger and become a writing major.

“It came to the point at the end of my sophomore year that I just told my parents, ‘Sorry if you don’t support me, but I’m going to switch to writing,’” Haydu said.

As her junior year began in 2015, Haydu dove into the writing major full speed.” The good thing about the nursing major,” Haydu said, “is that they make you take all of your integrative studies classes early because you have to do clinical.”

Haydu was in great shape to make the switch. Her junior year was full

Just before making the switch, Haydu heard the rumors that the nursing program would be making cuts. “I had pretty good grades, but it was always in the back of my mind,” she said. “I knew there was a lot of people that wanted to be in the nursing program that weren’t, or who would have been kicked out, so I maintained average,” she said. decision” to switch to writing.

Although it usually is a struggle for any student to switch majors during their junior year and still graduate on time, Haydu made it work. After

Haydu will actually be graduating early in December of 2016.

Haydu said she hates the question, “What do you want to do with writing?” She said people call her major stupid, and that she’ll never be successful.

“I’ve always had a passion for writing ever since I was little kid; I knew that’s what I wanted to do,” she said. As for her future, Haydu wants to prove everyone wrong and be a successful writer. She said she wants to

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KSC senior Aryanah Haydu poses for a photo illustration. Haydu began her career at KSC as a nursing major, but decided to make the switch to writing during her junior year. Haydu will be graduating early in December 2016.

Right now, Haydu is working for NextGen Climate as a content writer, and she has even worked for KSC’s Eco Reps, writing content for their web- rado or Utah, working with a company whose values she agrees with. believes doing something you love will be worth it in the end. site. Eventually, Haydu said she wants to teach writing at the University As for advice for other students looking to make a dramatic change in “Screw people who ask you what you want to do with your life and tell level and maybe even write and publish some of her own work. you your major is pointless,” she said.

Although she will no longer be a psych nurse, Haydu said she can still “You’re here paying for classes, so it should be improving you and bringcombine psychology within her writing. “You need to know things about ing you somewhere you want to go,” she said. Haydu said she has heard MacKenzie Clarke can be contacted other people and psycho-analyze other people and yourself,” she said. at mclarke@kscequinox.com Five years from now, Haydu sees herself out west, preferably in Colo-

Keene students weigh in on the clown craze throughout New England

Eating with the Equinox: Baked cinnamon apple chips ALI FITZGERALD

EQUINOX STAFF

MERIDITH KING

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Ingredients: (Yields about one quart sized bag of chips) 2 medium apples (sliced) 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Across the country, sightings of “creepy” clowns have driven the social media world, as well as many communities, into a frenzy.

Videos, sightings and photos have popped up on social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and even Instagram.

Recently, even the KSC community was claim that one such clown was on campus.

Director of Strategic Communications and Community Relations Kelly Ricaurte gave a statement on behalf of Campus Safety, stating Campus Safety worked closely with the Keene Police Department, conducting a full investigation about the claims made on social media.

No evidence of any clown was found.

Ricaurte urged students to stay put and report any claims, on social media or otherwise, to Campus Safety.

Students should not to try and follow or investigate claims made on social media.

“At this point, and I believe the Sentinel reported on this as well, Keene Police and the Campus Safety Department here are not overly concerned about this incident,” Ricaurte said.

Some areas around the country, however, are taking a more preventative approach in light of the panic following the abundance of online posts.

According to ABC News New Haven, Connecticut schools have put a ban on all clown costumes and “symbols of terror” during Halloween.

Boston.com reported that Merrimack College initiated its emergency response procedures at approximatley 9:30p.m after receiving a report of a clown on campus.

The dormitory that the alleged clown was in was evacuated and other students were ordered to shelter in place.

Later that evening around 10:15p.m, another clown was spotted at the University of New Hampshire.

The clown was reportedly yelling

Directions: Start by pre-heating the oven to 220 degrees.

While the oven is heating, you can slice your apples. The thinner that you can cut them, the better that they will come out.

The easiest way to cut the apples thin is by laying them on their side, starting at the stem and working toward the bottom. You do not need to peel the apples.

For our recipe, we used local macintosh apples purchased from Maple Lane Farm on Gunn Road in Keene.

After slicing your apples, you can lay them out on a metal cookie sheet.

Be sure to avoid overlapping them.

Next, you can mix the cinnamon and sugar, then sprinkle it over the top of the apples.

Depending on preference, you can always add more topping, but use caution because a little cinnamon goes a long way.

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but I don’t feel like I’m gonna die. I’m just gonna walk away [if I see a clown].” him or her when they arrived at the scene.”

Sophomore Zachary Howe said, “...I’m Boston CBS local reported that police not really that freaked out about it. I mean Emmanuel College received “an inundation I’ve read all the cases of that happening over of calls” about clown sightings on campus in Mass[achusetts], things in Pennsylvania, late evening on Oct. 4. all around the United States. There have Director of Emmanuel College Campus been reports, but not really actual proof,” he Safety Jack Kelly sent out an email to stu- said. dents saying the clown threats were not Both Howe and Ambrose said they are credible, CBS local reported. still planning on going out on Halloween KSC students have weighed in on the weekend. clown craze as well.

When asked about her feelings on the supMeridith King can be contacted at mking@kscequinox.com According to Boston.com, University Alexandra Ambrose said, “I was freaked out,

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EWTE is supported by the Student Nutrition Association at Keene State club (SNAKS). For meeting information and to learn how you can become involved in creating these recipes or other club events, you can contact the president of the club, Jillian.Emerson@ KSC.Keene.edu.

For further interest in nutrition on campus, you can contact Whitney.

Houser2@keene.edu about Keene State’s new Nutrition Coaching program, which is free to students!

spokesperson Erika Mantz said the clown

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TKE raises awareness for homelessness in Keene

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STUDENT LIFE EDITOR last year of approximatley 190. ness. of.

Keady said.

pared to last.

He said the fraternity took rain into consideration this year and

event. learn. winter nights from 7pm to 7am. learn from what went right and what went wrong, and we’re going to year.

compared to last.

MacKenzie Clarke can be contacted at mclarke@kscequinox.com nity Kitchen.

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The second annual “TKE in a box” event was held on October 2-8. Tau Kappa Epsilon brothers slept outside on the Student Center lawn for six days to raise awareness for homelessness.

STAFF COMMENTARY

Orientation leader applications now available for KSC students EMMA HAMILTON

improve the whole program itself? Take that next step

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Emma Hamilton can be contacted at ehamilton@kscequinox.com

welcomed the class of 2020 with open-arms, the orienfor next year’s program.

past year changed my experience here at KSC. contact either of the coordinators at orientation@keene.

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“What Moves You” moves Redfern audience FLETCHER RICE

Equinox Staff Choreographer and performer Charles “Lil Buck” Riley and cellist Ashley Bathgate visited the Redfern Arts Center on Oct. 5 during their “What Moves You” tour.

The tour, which was received with numerous cheers from the audience, looks at the collaborative process between a single musician and a single dancer and how they work together to convey their emotions to the audience through their craft.

The tour is titled “What Moves You,” and Bathgate said, “Collaboration in art is personal ... for me, it’s all emotion-based … at the end of the day, it’s more

about how you’re feeling inside.”

During the performance in between two pieces, Lil Buck said what he feels helps move him is the relationship he feels between artist and performer while they share the stage he feels they recycle one another’s energy to put on a performance for the audience.

Lil Buck said he expresses himself a lot through his dance and movements,telling a story in his performances. He menformed at the Redfern was telling a story of the darkness in his life and how he looked and found light during his transition from living in Memphis to Los Angeles.

The duo performed eight

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“Collaboration in art is personal ... for me, it’s all emotion-based… at the end of the day, it’s more about how you’re feeling inside.”

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Standardized Testing film gives reality check to KSC students

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High School Admissions Test (SHSAT).

Senior at Keene State College and attendee of the screening Robert Lanfranchi, having grown up in Brooklyn, N.Y., is all too familiar with the New York school system. Lanfranchi said, “I actually grew up in the same neighborhood as one stu-

On Tuesday Oct. 4, the Mabel Brown Room hosted a screening of the documentary, “Tested,” directed and co-written by Curtis Chin, a cofounder of the Asian American Writer Workshop which discussed the hard work middle schoolers put in to go to the best pos- Dyker Heights.” sible high school in New York.

Chin’s piece displayed the The documentary-based hard work and hours of practice New York middle schooleducation system and middle ers put in to get accepted into school student’s quest to be the best high schools for their accepted into one of the top future. three high schools in New York As sophomore at KSC and City by taking the Specialized secondary education major

Tyler Chaisson said, the way the student’s worked so hard reminded him more of high school seniors than middle schoolers, and inspired him to work harder in his own studies.

Chaisson was not the only one to point out similarities between the students in the Curtis Chin said in New York students in middle school are eligible to attend a high school fair that is similar to a college fair where they visit tables with information about COLTON MCCRACKEN / EQUINOX STAFF

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Dr. Darrell Hucks of the Keene State education depart-

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Top Right: Director and co-writer of documentary film “Tested” discusses his film before Mabel Brown Room audience.

Top Left: Mabel Brown Room audience watches “Tested.”

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Comedy Performance leaves impression on NOC crowd KEITH MEDLOCK

his thoughts on going to Keene

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you’re like…where are we? But I source of entertainment for the students are the stand-up comedians that come visit during after-hour events and regale the students with their take on life and jokes.

This past Saturday Oct. 8, comedians Jourdain Fisher and Ian Lara came to Keene to practice their art, telling goofy stories and cracking jokes.

The night of laughs had the

Being a comedian from New to seeing the backroads of New still funny to hear.

When asked what one of the weirdest shows he’s ever done was,

biker bar. I performed on top of the bar,” back in his early days of doing comedy.

When Ian Lara was asked the same question, he laughed and the stage, Keene State’s one and said, “probably Keene... The kids only improvisational team “Three Ways till Sunday” opened up the referring to being another comenight with their improv comedy to get the audience warmed up for journey to visiting Keene. the rest of the show.

Jourdain’s impressions on presStudent Robert Rein stated, “It ident Obama were well received, was a little quiet. As the show pro- and it was a fun night had by all.

Keith Medlock can be contacted at Fisher’s punch lines). kmedlock@kscequinox.com After the show, Jourdain stated

“It was a little quiet.

As the show progressed, it was fantastic.

He delivered on his climaxes,” (referring to Fisher’s punch lines).

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Top Left: Comedian Ian Lara incoorporates his cell phone into his routine at the Night Owl Cafe.

Top Right: Comedian Jourdain Fisher keeps his crowd pleasing performance rolling at the Night Owl Cafe.

Bottom Right and Left: Keene State improv group “Three Ways till Sunday” warms up the Ngiht Owl Cafe crowd with a routine of their own.

Enlightening and uplifting Beatles documentary invades Keene Cinema duction to the Beatles, a television event as momentous as which an estimate of over 200 teens the moon landing itself. (at one event) were rushed to the It only took one legendary hospital. performance of “I Want To Tell them something they don’t want to hear and they pose a credtheir future status. While ible threat, forcing the Beatles to they weren’t particularly contemplate their future as stage fond of America’s stance on performers. segregation (it didn’t make any sense to them), they were clearly shows a point in which quite fond of the states. Going they’re burnt out. They were workagainst the grain, the audience of every concert was was described as a near autobiography of their current predicament. It In their eyes, everyone may feel dour to see them lose interwas equal, which goes to est, but hey, that’s common with show how they were ahead most music groups. of their time in terms of racial politics. through thick and thin, nothing As a newcomer to the his- could ever pull them apart and tory of the Beatles, this doc- that’s why they were so appealing.

Not only did they write some of the greatest songs of all time, they lived and worked as brothers. and icons second. John Lennon once stated that they this information is commonplace, “were more popular than but for a newcomer such as myself, Jesus,” a statement he would this was a brilliant introductory later retract because of the course with incredible replay value. immense pressure from religious groups and the media. greatest surprise of the night came To be perfectly honest, John afterwards in the form of a theater

allowed a special peek behind the curtain to witness their quirky

the actions of the rambunctious fanbase alone.

If any fan was given the opportunity at the time to occupy their private bubble, it would be utter chaos. The archival footage captures hordes of shrieking teenage girls from various audiences, overshadowing the millennial fangirl community by sheer dedication

For most Americans, a special 1964 broadcast of “The Ed Sullivan

Beatles were performing a live mass

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Night.”

Almost instantly, it grabbed my “The Beatles: Eight Days A full and undivided attention with Week” is a simple, yet enlightening the upbeat introduction of the titu(and hilarious) documentary with lar song. Engaging in playful sheenough uplifting, toe-tapping tunes nanigans, it was easy to understand to satisfy even the most hardened how these four boys became legsoul on the planet. ends.

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son and Paul McCartney], the world would be a very sad place, especially in the era of their emergence. Who would have thought that four unassuming small-town boys from Liverpool, England, would form one of the greatest pop rock groups of all time? Infectious music aside, they ing friendship and delivering witty quips. Through all of the trials and

tribulations of the touring years, they stuck by each other, cracking jokes along the way.

As impossible as it may seem, you wanted to be friends with

Once the credits for “Eight Days A Week” concluded, we were lucky enough to see thirty minutes of the Beatles performing at Shea Stadium, their largest concert averaging out to over 56,000 people in attendance.

Restored in 4K from a grainy and Ringo never looked better.

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Student finds a way to hack time KEITH MEDLOCK

waiting for the class to end while slowly going insane. Anyways, the student took out the clock and manipulated the hands, making the clock show 4 o’clock.

He then looked up at us, smiled and said, “Due to the theory on time, it is now 4 p.m. and I have two more hours before my class at 6 p.m..” We

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As most students know, managing time in college can be tricky and often impossible, but we’ve found a local student who found a way to not only stop time, but also change it! This is hard to believe, if not impossible, unless he knows Dr. it was half past six when we started Who. our interview, but the student was call somebody, but with a story like correct.

The way people measure time this, we might as well hear him out.

The student wished to be kept anonymous in case government invention used to help measure it.

Considering humans created the G-men get wind of his identity and concept of measuring time, it only want to steal his discovery.

The student took us to his room seems plausible that we can also to show us how he could manipu- manipulate it…it’s hard to argue with that logic!

This clock was ordinary, the kind Keith Medlock can be contacted at you see over the door of a classroom kmedlock@kscequinox.com that you constantly look at while

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ment, who additionally taught within the New York education

“I can’t even imagine studying for three months while being in middle school to take a test that would essentially dictate my future success.”

the access issue in the school system. lighted how some students do not receive the same means of education in order to be rightfully prepared for a test such as

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dents have the option of taking to receive acceptance into one of the top three high schools in New York City.

Lanfranchi said he could recall a few of his friends more stressed about taking that around in high school.

Whereas Chaisson, a student who grew up in New Hampshire, said, “I can’t even imagine studying for three months while being in middle school to take a test that would essentially dictate my future success.” the 27,000 students who take the other 23,000 fail.

interesting since some students excel in test taking and others

to have acquired from preparing

scores, feeling like failures,but that isn’t necessarily their fault.”

Chaisson, an education stuLanfranchi said he rememdent at Keene, said, “I also want bers friends of his being discourto stress the importance that aged after not getting accepted standardized tests aren’t always into any of the top schools, but an indicator of intelligence. I that he was very impressed by saw that many students in the the work ethic they had seemed

later work in high school.

Hucks said he likes to challenge his students because teachis that every other career students are studying for relies on their teachers giving them the

means to make their futures happen by making sure they work hard similar to the stu-

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Dramatic Comedy filmmaker shares movie project at Putnam Theatre JOSH BIASE

ing up, he was very interested in comic books and illustrating,

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“Donald Cried” is an eighty- realizing he wasn’t getting what he wanted out of drawing, he genres of both comedy and drama.

This makes sense because they yearly multimedia festival that are both very imaginative meditakes place in Austin, Texas. ums that try to take a fantastical idea and translate it into someWarwick area of Rhode Island. thing visual. While storytelling is the main thing he focused on returning from New York to settle the logistics of his grandmother’s passing, and the other his old lead to an opportunity that can give him more freedom in terms across the street from his grand- of production value, locations and mother’s house.

Aidan Caughran, a sophoit is “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” and you can see bits of that Kris Avedisian, who is not just the director, but also the writer class and that made him actively and the one playing the epon- want to go see this. ymous character Donald, is a A Keene resident said he thirty-eight year old Rhode Island comes to the Putnam Theatre quite often to indulge in the some of the areas he grew up in. smaller art-house fare that is usually showing. He expressed how was Paul Thomas Anderson, an great it is to have two theatres whom he greatly admires. One and gave him the realization that

opposed to the “shoe-box,” sensationalized type movies that make up a large chunk of what appears in multiplexes weekly.

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Top Right: Film Society member speaks before audience at the Putnam Theatre.

Top Left: Director, writer and actor, Kris Avedisian discusses his film “Donald Cried.”

Bottom Left: Putnam Theatre audience members watching “Donald Cried.”

Bottom Right: Film Society member introduces Director, writer and actor, Kris Avedisian befofre Putnam Theatre audience.

and real anthropological themes is “Boogie Nights.”

he did mention that he is writing currently. He mentioned a few ideas about a thriller and somethe way scenes are structured in thing that involved puppets, but a naturalistic fashion - a staple of his next project isn’t concrete.

Maybe Avedisian will return see similar characterization that to Keene with whatever project he ends up doing next. for him was the opening scene of Josh Biase can be contacted at jbiase@kscequinox.com -

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pieces for the Keene State audience, and as Bathgate said, all but two of

The connection of the audience to known as Gangster Walking, start “There was one point during one of

Buck also said, “It took people

up while playing and followed Buck with her eyes and you could really

has a lot of foundation, so you will

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worked together and shared the

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Top Right: Cellist, Ashley Bathgate and choreographer, Charles “Lil Buck” Riley, talk to the Alumni Theatre audience after their performance.

Bottom Left: Charles “Lil Buck” Riley takes center stage dancing to the music created by Ashley Bathgate’s playing of the cello.

Bottom right: Cellist, Ashley Bathgate performs in front of a packed Alumni Theatre audience in the Redfern Arts Center.

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North Carolina braces for flooding in downstream towns

WHO urges countries to raise taxes on sugary drinks

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as high water from Hurricane Matthew pushed downstream Tuesday, two days after the storm blew out to sea.

Matthew’s death toll in the U.S. climbed to 30, half of them

Tuesday recommended that countries use tax policy to increase the price of sugary drinks like sodas,

dead in Haiti.

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sity, diabetes and tooth decay. zation, in a statement timed for

since the hurricane drenched the state with more than a foot

weight.

Florida. roads: “That is unacceptable. You are not only putting your

reduce prices for fresh fruits and

jeopardy.”

In the hard-hit town of Lumberton, along the bloated

It said that tax policies that lead to a 20-percent increase in the retail prices of sugary drinks would result in a proportional reduction in consumption.

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- A National Guard high-water vehicle drives through Nichols, S.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. About 150 people were rescued by boats from flooding in the riverside village of Nichols on Monday.

night, police said.

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- chickens on poultry farms, and he was deciding how to dis- pose of the carcasses safely. emotional circumstances.”

In Lumberton, patience was wearing thin.

downstream from Lumberton. On Tuesday, some residents

folding chair at a shelter put together so hastily there were no cots and people had to walk outside in the back to use porta-

“She was fearful, upset, anxious, and when she’s that way, I’m that way,” Schulken said. “I know that is a personal experience that is being repeated and has the potential to be -

telephone numbers with her.

with the 8-year-old granddaughter she takes care of.

mother load nearly all her belongings into a box truck and get to higher ground.

unclear, but it appeared that thousands of homes were damaged. Many likened Matthew to Hurricane Floyd, which did across the street,” Lynch said.

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rail, though the water wasn’t forecast to rise quite that high this time. the bar to keep them safe.

the rest of the week for its more than 28,000 students.

soda,” Hamill said, “and as long as I can keep it cold, we’ll be OK.”

Officials say that parents in Chicago worry the schools deal will not stick

ing taxes on sugary drinks could help lower consumption of sugars,

health agency has long recommended that people keep intake of sugar to less than 10 percent of their total energy needs. including products like sugary drinks, is a major factor in the from obesity and diabetes,” says ing non-communicable diseases. sugary drinks, they can reduce -

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AssociAted Press Teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district pulled back from a threatened strike -

supports raising taxes on sugary drinks to reduce consumption.

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a statement that it is disappointed that the “discriminatory taxation

parents worried would fall apart. after Monday’s late-night agreement, which

being proposed as a solution to lenge of obesity.”

fought bitterly with Lewis before and during built his political career on the South Side. the 2012 teachers’ strike, praised the union and trict, assigning an assistant to any youngergrade classes with more than 32 students. strapped city will pay for the four-year deal.

The proposal includes a 2 percent cost-of- dren Tuesday remembered the teachers’ strike - of four years ago and worried that, somehow, cent one in the fourth year. It doesn’t require the current agreement would fall through. current teachers to pay more toward their porary,” said Keisha Smith, who was dropping tional pension cost. remain mindful that this is something for now

is no longer the leading consumer

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They also noted rapid increase in Saharan Africa. At least three Algeria consume soft drinks daily, the U.S. and much of Europe.

“Taxation policies can be a important tool for the reduction

Had there been a strike, Emanuel would

- and other fees. It would also complicate his bid to restore public trust in his leadership - and the city’s police force due to this year’s plus, that’s not a sustainable way of funding dramatic increase in shootings and homicides tional spending the union had sought.

tion.

The report was based on information collected in May last year,

represents South Side neighborhoods. “The so the (union and the school district) are going

its recommendation on Tuesday

tions than in 2012, when Emanuel cancelled a teachers’ pay raise and Lewis called Emanuel

between tax policy and reduced consumption coupled with

city. state funding. Illinois is locked in a budget After the agreement was reached, Lewis stalemate, meaning funds that are normally said it was “good for kids, is good for clini- cians, is good for paraprofessionals, for teachagreement.”

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In this Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 photo, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis announces that a tentative contract agreement was reached with Chicago Public Schools at the SEIU Healthcare headquarters in Chicago.

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Haitians await aid, help each other DAVID MCFADDEN

AssociAted Press People throughout Haiti’s devastated southwest peninsula formed makeshift brigades Tuesday to clear debris and try to regain some semblance of their pre-hurricane lives as anger grew over the delay in aid for remote communities more than a week after the Category 4 storm hit.

A community group that formed in the southern seaside community of Les Anglais began clearing tree limbs from streets and placing them into piles while others gathered scraps of wood to start rebuilding homes destroyed by Hurricane Matthew.

Carpenter James Nassau donned a white construction helmet as he rebuilt a neighbor’s wall with recycled wood, hoping to earn a little money to take care of 10 children, including those left behind by his brother, who died in the storm. and now I’ve got to take care of them,” he said. “Nobody has come to help.”

The scene repeated itself across small seaside and mountain villages dotting the peninsula, where people pointed out helicopters buzzing overhead and questioned why they haven’t received any help.

Israel Banissa, a carpenter who lives near the small mountain town of Moron, said a Red Cross assessment team stopped outside his village to ask people questions but didn’t leave any supplies.

“There’s no aid that’s come here,” he said as he sawed wood to help rebuild his home and dozens of others.

“I don’t think they care about the people up here.”

The U.N. humanitarian agency in Geneva has made an emergency appeal for nearly $120 million in aid, saying about 750,000 people in southwest Haiti alone will

need “life-saving assistance and protection” in the next said earlier that at least 1.4 million people across the region need assistance and that 2.1 million overall have cane. Some 175,500 people remain in shelters.

The National Civil Protection headquarters in Portnationwide death toll to 473, which included at least 244 deaths in Grand-Anse. But toll in Grand-Anse alone tops 500.

Those who survived the storm still faced great challenges, including going days without food.

Elancie Moise, an agronomist and director for the Department of Agriculture in southern Haiti, said between 80 to 100 percent of crops have been lost across the southern peninsula.

“Crisis is not the word to describe it,” he said. “You need a stronger word. It is much worse. There is no food for people to eat.”

Food was slowly reaching remote communities, but there was also a growing need for medical supplies.

In the western seaside village of Dame Marie, 300 patients with festering wounds lay silently on beds at the main hospital waiting for medicine a week after the storm hit.

Among them was Beauvoir Luckner, a cobbler and farmer who walked 12 kilometers (seven miles) in three days after a tree fell on his house, crushing his leg and killing his mother. The leg might have to be amputated, but all doctors can do is clean his wounds because the hospital has run out of everything, including painkillers.

“There’s no water, no antibiotics,” Dr. Herby Jean told The Associated Press.

“Everything is depleted. ...

overhead, but we’re not getting anything.”

Meanwhile, Luckner lay on a mattress with no sheets, a bandage wrapped around his left leg.

“It took a lot of misery to get here and now that I’m here, there’s still misery,” he said.

Concern also was growing about an increase in cases of cholera, which has already killed roughly 10,000 people and sickened more than 800,000 since 2010.

Dr. Dominique Legros, World Health Organization, said Tuesday that the agency was sending 1 million doses of cholera vaccine to Haiti and that safe drinking water and treatment of were top priorities.

Speaking to the U.N. Security Council, the U.N. envoy for Haiti, Sandra Honore, said the health impact of Hurricane Matthew “cannot be overestimated.”

Already fragile water and sanitation infrastructure has been severely damaged, resulting in the absence of drinking water and “a very high level of infections from diarrheal disease, including, but not exclusively, cholera,” Honore said.

She said hundreds of suspected cholera cases have been reported, and “we deaths.”

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters in New York on Monday that a “massive response” was needed to help Haiti emerge from the storm’s aftermath.

He noted that crops and food reserves were destroyed and that at least 300 schools have been damaged.

“At least 1.4 million people need assistance at this time,” he said. “These numbers and needs are growing as more Tensions are already mounting as people await help.”

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A sign in French announcing a music concert sits among salvaged clothes drying on the remains of a home destroyed

by Hurricane Matthew in Port-a-Piment, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Nearly a week after the storm smashed into southwestern Haiti, some communities along the southern coast have yet to receive any assistance, leaving residents who have lost their homes and virtually all of their belongings struggling to find shelter and potable water.

France to open first safe-injection room for drug addicts ASSOCIATED PRESS

safe-injection room for drug by conservatives to block the plan.

The room, located in northern Paris, is opening for a sixyear test period as allowed by a health law passed last year by the Socialist government.

Intravenous drug users will be given free access to clean needles under medical supervision and in the presence of to prevent viral infections and overdoses.

About 100 addicts are expected to come each day to the room, which was unveiled to addicts on Friday.

Health Minister Marisol Touraine said in a statement that the room is an “innovative and courageous response to a health emergency situation.”

The room is located in a building near a hospital close to Paris’ Gare du Nord station — a major hub where trains from London and Brussels arrive. The area is also the main site for the consumption and sale of illegal drugs in the French capital, according to authorities.

“This safe-injection room doesn’t substitute for policies in place ... It’s targeting outsiders, marginalized people”, Touraine said.

France’s health care system and the equipment.

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campaign since last month, The northern city of when the truce collapsed Airstrikes on rebel-held Aleppo, Syria’s largest and after just a week. Syrian proparts of the northern city its former commercial center, government forces are also of Aleppo killed at least 14 people Tuesday, while the sive into the rebel-held disshelling of a government- forces try to capture neigh- tricts, advancing slowly in held neighborhood in south- borhoods in besieged oppo- the north, east and south of ern Syria hit a school, killing sition-held parts of the city. the city. at least six, including chilThe activist-operated The Britain-based Syrian dren, opposition activists Aleppo Today TV station Observatory for Human and state media said. and Qasioun news agency Rights said the airstrikes say bunker-busting bombs on Aleppo killed at least agency SANA also reported were used in an attack on 16 people, while the Local rare shelling of neighbor- the Bustan al-Qasr neighbor- Coordination Committees hoods in the capital, Damas- hood in rebel-held eastern said 14 were killed. cus, including several Aleppo.

In the southern city of Other activist groups sition groups based on the and a member of the Aleppo began following anti-govedge of the city that landed local council, Zakaria Amino, ernment protests in March in the residential Qasaa said the death toll is likely to district and close to the rise above eight, with rescue government-held areas. One Umayyad Mosque, wound- workers still searching for hit a primary school, killing people under the rubble. six people — among them of people.

Amino said bombs fell on a Fighting on a number of number of other rebel-held ing 18 students, according fronts across the country has neighborhoods. to state-run news agency The opposition-held part SANA. It said some of the following the collapse of a of Aleppo has been bat- wounded are in serious conU.S. and Russian-brokered tered by an intensive aerial dition.

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The first safe- injection room for drug addicts is pictured in Paris, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. France opens its first safe-injection room for drug addicts despite years of efforts by conservatives to block the plan. Intravenous drug users will be given access to clean needles under medical supervision and in the presence of drug counselors in an effort to prevent viral infections and overdoses.

Paris’ Socialist mayor, Anne Hidalgo, said she feels “very moved and very proud because what’s being done here is necessary, necessary for the people who are in complete disarray, because they know they have a door they can enter.

“They can come here, they can get counselling, they can

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get assistance and get guided toward a life that will get them out of these addictions.”

The conservative opposition says the measure trivializes drug use and warns against potential security problems.

“The only acceptable policy remains helping people into ending drug usage,” conser-

vative politicians at Paris city council said in a written statement.

French authorities are following Switzerland’s example, where a safe-injection room opened in 1986. Similar rooms now exist in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Australia and Canada.

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Keene State Owls new website takes flight BRIEF

JUSTIN MAHAN

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The Keene State athletics website received a sharp and clean new look.

On Sept. 30, Keene State College athletics launched the new look to their website. After 10 years of the previous look, the athletics department decided to redesign the overall look and functionality of their page.

Keene State athletics had a contract with an exter-

nal provider for their site, Presto Sports, instead of an and have a whole new look for it.” in-house design through Keene State College, accordOsheyack said the redesign of the website came ing to the Director of Sports Information and Compli- with some new features. Some include videos with stories and showing six preview stories on the home page website has remained the same for seven years. instead of four, as the previous two designs showed.

“We came to the end of our contract with Presto “I knew we had to increase from four slots in the Sports at the end of this past academic year and we rotator to six,” said Osheyack. “Now that we are in part decided to renew with them,”Osheyack said. of our busy fall season, we have six teams in action and He continued, “Included in that renewal was a rede- they all get the same amount of front page space.” sign. So we decided to take advantage of that now with The new look of the website utilizes more of the our new contract [as] a chance to redesign the website

Mistrial in rape lawsuit against Derrick Rose BRIAN MELLEY

aSSociatEd PrESS A judge in the trial of a rape lawsuit against NBA star Derrick Rose and two other men said Tuesyers as “unbelievably careless” in yers asked U.S. District Court Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald to declare a mistrial because they had not been given three text messages important to their case until Friday, when Rose was on the witness stand. The lawyers for the woman who accused the New York Knicks player and two friends of raping her in her apartviously disclosed and the argument was frivolous.

Fitzgerald, who used the phrase “unbelievably careless” several times, said it was not a frivolous matter and he told the lawyers to prove the texts had been disclosed.

“You have been very careless

with the exhibits,” Fitzgerald said.

“I was not happy about it.”

The judge said that if there is a mistrial it would push a new trial into the NBA regular season.

The texts at issue were sent by the woman to Rose. The defense lawyers said they happened to be looking at exhibits handed to them in a binder Friday and noticed texts

slimmer and cleaner look. Osheyack also mentioned that the website is a responsive one, meaning it adapts to the platform you are using to view the site on.

“I like this new look, it looks sharp,” said KSC junior Sean Kiziltan. “I like how neat and organized it looks.

I like how it responds with how big or small the screen.

It looks nice, looks sharp.”

Justin Mahan can be contacted at Jmahan@kscequinox.com

Red Sox lose by one in Big Papi’s last game

Hampton and Ryan Allen.

The men have denied the allegations. The woman sent Rose a series of suggestive texts, starting with “wakes up horny,” followed by similar messages throughout the day of

He said he took the messages as consent for sex, though none said so explicitly. Rose said the only time the trial. The judge did not indicate the woman said “no” was when when he would rule on the mistrial all three men tried to walk into her request. Rose concluded testimony bedroom at once, and she told them under questioning by the plain- to instead come one at a time.

Rose was asked if he felt any expected to give further testimony remorse about the night. the civil lawsuit. thing wrong.”

Sexual text messages were at The Associated Press is not - naming the woman because it generally does not identify people attorneys called him as a hostile who say they are victims of sexual witness to help make the case that assault. the woman never gave consent to have sex with him and his longtime friends and assistants, Randall

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Boston Red Sox’s David Ortiz waves from the mound at Fenway Park after Game 3 of baseball’s American League Division Series against the Cleveland Indians, Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, in Boston. The Indians won 4-3 to sweep the Red Sox in the series. Ortiz said he will retire at the end of the season.

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Papi was crying.

“Tonight when I walked to the mound, I realized that it was over. It was pretty much probably the last time as a player to walk in front of a crowd,” Ortiz told reporters afterward. “And the emotion came back out again.”

After two minutes, Ortiz retired to the dugout and retired for good, ending to a career that brought three World Series titles to Boston and transformed the oncefutile franchise into winners.

Cleveland Indians poured onto the diamond and the Fenway fans fell silent.Then, slowly from the crowd rose a chant of “Pa-pi!”

Cleveland swept the Red Sox out of the postseason and sent David Ortiz into retirement on Monday night with a 4-3 victory that completed a three-game AL Division Series sweep. But even as the Indians frolicked on went down, but for the organization, the step that we took, from going from last place to win the division this Terry Francona said after leading the Indians to just the second postseason sweep in franchise history. “I

to good, from day to night.”

Making it their goal to send their beloved Big Papi out as a winner, the Red Sox managed to win the AL

the best. You could tell the way people were hanging around yelling his name and everything. He deserves every bit of that.” streak in September but then lost eight of its last nine Coco Crisp hit a two-run homer , closer Cody Allen got four outs and the Indians advanced the AL Champitook a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series against Boston before losing three in a row.

But this year there would be no fold.

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New York Knicks basketball player Derrick Rose arrives at U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016.

life to the Fenway crowd.

But with one run in, one out, one on and the fans he struck out Sandy Leon on a pitch in the dirt and

in the league. Rookie Tyler Naquin delivered a two-run the Indians, who will open the ALCS at home against Toronto on Friday. Cleveland went 4-3 this year against the wild-card Blue Jays, who swept AL West champion Texas to reach the ALCS for the second straight year.

make it 4-1. Buchholz allowed two runs and six hits in four innings, joining David Price and Rick Porcello as postseason losers.

Miller pitched two innings , Bryan Shaw got two outs capable of,” reliever Andrew Miller said as music blared and Allen came on to face Ortiz with two out and a man saw in our games in Cleveland how much support we

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and waved his arms at the mostly dormant crowd. The fans rose to cheer for him and stayed there as Hanley To advance, the Indians had to shut down the most Ramirez singled to make it 4-3.

Now representing the tying run at second, Ortiz emotional farewell to Ortiz . The Red Sox designated was lifted for pinch-runner Marco Hernandez, leaving plate appearance .

Ortiz was lifted for a pinch runner in the eighth and left to a standing ovation.

top step of the dugout, he continued to cheer the team on.

Xander Bogaerts hit a hard line drive to second and Ortiz jumped onto the dirt, only to turn around largest at Fenway since at least World War II. Chanting and walk dejectedly back into the dugout when it was caught for the last out. than 10 minutes while the Indians celebrated their vicIn the ninth, Jackie Bradley Jr. singled with two out Shaw worked the count full before popping up to end it.

Wearing a red warmup and a scowl on his face, “I was cheering so bad,” Ortiz said. “Once I got out of Ortiz lumbered out to the mound and tipped his cap in the game I was screaming at my team to put me back in all directions, tapping his heart. Only when the camera it. Make me wear this uniform one more day. Because I zoomed in on him did it become apparent that the frown was not regret over an early postseason exit: Big

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“ Every athlete knows deep down whenence between soreness, being bruised and having a little bit of pain.

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The unanticipated cost SAMANTHA MOORE/ ART DIRECTOR

It is near impossible to stay uninjured if you play sports, especially at the collegiate level SHELBY IAVA

be there for you no matter what.

SportS Editor Athletes fear injuries because then we cannot compete our best. days and bad days.

They may be career ending, season ending, or may only require as

Ice baths, pain medicines, heat and rest are basically my only rem-

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This is a decision where only time can tell what the outcome might or will it turn the page on that chapter of my life?

Shelby Iava can be contacted at Siava@kscequinox.com After a certain point, you get tired of feeling sorry for yourself. you and does not let go.

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Among all 25 sports, an estimated 28,860,299 practice athlete-exposures and 6,472,952 competition athlete-exposures occurred each year. The 1,053,370 injuries estimated during the five academic years studied represented an average of 210,674 total injuries per year Center for Disease Control and Prevention SAMANTHA MOORE/ ART DIRECTOR

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Brady’s Back in action MARY CURTIN

While there was plenty of room to play in another game this season. for improvement, Brady showed Brady came ready, he came hot the entire National Football League and he came out swinging, showing Sunday marked the return of (NFL) and NFL Commissioner he had not lost his touch despite his Tom Brady after his four-game sus- Roger Goodell what they had been late regular season start. pension, and it was almost every- missing.

Brady was not the only one thing I had been waiting for since The Cleveland Browns were his suspension was announced this familiar face in Rob Gronkowski summer.

Patriots reunion tour, and the Pats who stayed around for more than a emerged victorious with a 33-13 single down this week. dominant win over Cleveland.

Brady looked as though he hadn’t passes tossed to him from Brady, missed a game, throwing for three proving he and his quarterback still touchdowns, 406 yards and completing 28 of 40 passes in his season fans have grown all too fond of. debut, shutting down the now 0-5 winless Browns. ick remained his cryptic self when I am sure Goodell was sitting and watching this game, checking eligible game of the season, saying his pulse every touchdown pass and they would assess the situation as thinking of a way to not allow Brady Sunday drew closer.

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Swim & dive team add two new coaches

Despite Bill and his mysterious quips, there was never a doubt that Brady would play every down as quarterback as soon as his suspension was lifted.

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senior reporter Keene State divers have a set of new coaches calling them out on their form as they make their descent from the board into the water.

The Owls swimming and diving teams added coaches Patrick Pyrch and Cece Arrison to

reminder of how good the Patriots’ organization is, and despite last week’s surprising shutout, the Patriots are a force to be reckoned with.

Brady is back, the Pats are number one in the American Footfeeling whole again.

Next stop on the reunion tour: Cincinnati.

Mary Curtin can be contacted at Mcurtin@kscequinox.com

after the departure of former KSC Dive Coach Dave Mason, who had gone unreplaced up until the beginning of the swim season earlier in the semester.

Pyrch, who himself is a former seven-time all-American and one-time national champion on the three-meter dive while competing for Washing-

Owls beat Warriors for the first time in 6 years SHELBY IAVA

sports editor ern Connecticut State University, Saturday, Sept. 8 at the Owl Athletic Complex.

Junior Promise Kpee scored the lone goal for the Owls. This was a big con-

ready to get back coaching after a reprieve for a number of years.

Before coming to KSC, Pyrch spent time coaching at Weslyan before leaving in 2005.

Arrison is a 2016 alumna of Smith College, where she dove for the Pioneers and named a four-time all-American and and have transitioned back into the season faster than he had year. Arrison said she became a expected with new coaches. diver when she arrived at Smith He said that he suspects the and had been a gymnast before team will continue its progress making the conversion. and be more of a factor in meets With this being Arrison’s as the season goes on.

“We’re doing more than what said that she was excited to learn I thought we would be doing from the experienced Pyrch and right now, but that’s only a good to work with the Owl divers. sign. I think we’re going to be way more competitive.

Pat about the sport beyond what I think we’re going to be farI already know,” Arrison said. ther along by the end of the year Arrison sees her close age than last year,” Pyrch said. to the divers as a way to better Woolridge said that the connect with them while on the implementation of these coaches pool deck. “I’m younger and will give the diving team a step up. of a fresh look on what they’re “I’m really excited. I think we going through,” Arrison said. lucked out to get both of these Swimming and diving Head coaches, and I’m looking forCoach Chris Woolridge, who ward to our diving program had been coaching the divers coming up and into line with prior to the arrival of Pyrch and what we’ve been able to do on Arrison, said that the two new the swimming side,” Woolridge said. the student-athletes push themThe divers’ next test will be selves beyond what they had at a meet at Boston College on been doing in the past.

Oct. 15.

“I’m hoping that it really Jacob Barrett can be that they’re going to be doing contacted at things here in practice that they jbarrett@kscequinox.com haven’t been asked to do before or that are harder than what they’ve been asked to do before,” Woolridge said.

possession of the ball and shot, but went wide.

“We didn’t play our best, but we played hard and kept g r i ndi ng.

In the end we got

riors since the 2010 season. Kpee is the The beginning half of this game was all back and forth. Not one team could produce a shot until a little over the 15 minute mark. A handball had occurred cut defender, which returned a penalty kick for the Owls. Kpee stepped up and sank the ball into the lower left corner.

Since this was the only goal of the game it sealed the deal for the Owls.

Captain Riley Steele had an opporthe shot outside the box toward the Warriors goalie, who then punched the ball back into the box. Kpee quickly regained

The team’s hard work since the beginning of the season and their willingness to work with the newcomers has not gone unnoticed.

“They have a lot of potential.

They’re coming into the season with open minds about two new coaches and they’re working really hard for us,” Arrison said.

Sophomore diver Jake Driscoll is already seeing improvements on his technique, which he attributes to the coaches and the time they’ve spent around the sport. enced,” Driscoll said.

Along with the experience comes a new way of looking at diving and training.

“The nice thing with new coaches is that you kind of bring a new approach to everything and it challenges our divers to be uncomfortable and get used to somebody new, but I think they’re making good progress,” Woolridge said.

From Pyrch’s perspective,

the result that we needed to get. It wasn’t the prettiest game, but we did what we needed to do to get the win,” Steele said.

Junior Jason Smith stopped a total half.

With Aidan Dean and Samuel Binothe ball back to Kpee. Firing another shot, right into the goalie, Ryan Murphy’s hands.

Shelby Iava can be contacted at Siava@kscequinox.com

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Aidan Dean(12) keeps the ball in his possession and William Salta (3) defends the goal at the Owl Athletic Complex on Saturday, Oct. 8th during their game against Eastern Connecticut.

Keene State Athletics

KEENE STATE COLLEGE ATHLETIC TEAM RECORDS Men’s Soccer Overall

7-4-1

Cross Country Home

4-0

Away

3-4-1

@ Saint Joseph’s Team Keene State

Field Hockey Overall

12-3 Castleton

0

Team Keene State

0

Easten Conn.

Home

5-3

@Castleton

Team Keene State

0-0

V. Eastern Conn.

Points

St. Joseph’s

Neutral

Points

Points

Away

7-0

Postponed

Neutral

0-0

@Eastern Conn.

9

Team Keene State

1

Eastern Conn.

Women’s Soccer Overall Home

James Early Invita8-4 tional

5-0

Lindsay Szuch 22:29:68

Phil Parent 26:18:63

Katelyn Terry 23:29:45

Lid Sheikh-Yusuf 26:45:70

Worcester

Alyssa Lombardi 24:18:83

Ian Connell 27:17:43

Volleyball Overall

Rachel Klaski 24:10:44

Ben MacDonald 27:46:30

Points

Away

3-4

v. Worcester

Team Keene State

13-7

Neutral

0-0 @ Eastern Conn.

Points 5 2

Home

2-2

@ Western Conn.

Team Keene State

Points 0

Eastern Conn.

Away

8-1

1

Neutral

3-4

v. Bridgewater

5

Team Keene State

Points 3

Team Keene State

Points 3

1

Western Conn.

2

Bridgewater

2

Upcoming Games Cross Country Saturday, Oct. 15 @ Connecticut College 11:00 a.m.

Swimming & Diving Saturday, Oct. 15 @ Uconn.

1:00 p.m.

Field Hockey Saturday, Oct. 15 V. Umass Dartmouth 1:00 p.m.

Volleyball Saturday, Oct. 15 V. Smith College 12:00 p.m.

Women’s Soccer Saturday, Oct. 15 V. Rhode Island College 1:00 p.m.

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Breaking personal records one step at a time Szuch continues to stay in the top for cross country CRAE MESSER

Managing ExEcutivE Editor When Lindsay Szuch was a freshmand at Frank Scott Bunnell High School in Stratford, Connecticut her parents made her join the cross country team to become more social. Now a senior at Keene State College, Szuch is racking up personal records and praise from her peers.

“My mom forced me to join because I didn’t know anyone going into my high school. It was a really large public school,” Szuch said. “She told me that I had to do it for at least two weeks and... make some friends and then I’m allowed to quit.”

Szuch continued to say that she loved the team and the environment, and that the sport was a statement, as Szuch has been earning her stripes as a runner at the high school and college levels.

Just last season, Szuch placed fourth overall at the Little East Conference (LEC) Championships and earned a spot at nationals,

New England Women’s Runner of the Week on Oct. 5.

The recognition doesn’t end

Szuch, along with her teammates and coach, agree that her positivity is largely what drives her to success.

“She’s always positive, she just has a great mindset,” said Lauren

New England Women’s Runner of the Week twice now and has been named LEC Runner of the Week - cross country team.

Positivity is important, but it College Invitational. certainly isn’t the only reason for Szuch’s success at the collegiate KSC Invitational was “a really big level. Szuch said that she’s been deal.” lucky to be surrounded by great “It’s our home course. It’s the last role models, dating all the way time I’m ever going to run it, so that back to her time as a runner in high was a really big thing,” Szuch said. school.

While the accolades are encour“I’ve always had, in high school aging, Szuch said she doesn’t pay and here, amazing girls to look up much attention to them. However, to. They always push me to do my she did say being able to run at the best. They’re always there to help, no matter what they can do,” Szuch was “a huge honor.” said.

Head Coach Tom Pickering said Szuch is a very results-driven once again said she felt lucky to person in the sense that her per- have had the coaches she has had formance is most important as at the high school and collegiate opposed to awards or titles. Pick- levels. ering added that Szuch focuses on “Each coach has brought in their personal goal-setting as well. own something to the team and I “I know that she knows that really think I’ve learned and grown the most important races come in from that,” Szuch said. the postseason,” Pickering said. “I Pickering said that feeling is a The success hasn’t stopped there, as think she would like to have suc- two-way street.

Szuch was named the Eastern Col- cess both at regionals and poten“I’ve had the pleasure of coachtially nationals.” ing Lindsay for two and a half

years now as her primary distance coach,” Pickering said.

Pickering also said that in addition to her positive attitude, Szuch acts as a leader amongst the group in more ways than one. and that’s perhaps the strongest the rest of the team,” Pickering said, “but she has gradually become more comfortable with being a more vocal leader as well.”

Pickering added that Szuch wasn’t always a vocal leader, but has grown into that role in her time at KSC. He said that her continued growth will help her maintain success down the stretch in her senior season.

However, both Szuch and Perkowski agreed that Szuch’s maintained positivity is what will help her succeed as she works through her senior season.

“It’s so easy to be negative,” Perkowski said, “but if she just keeps doing what she’s doing, I think she’ll get wherever she wants to go.”

Crae Messer can be contacted at Cmesser@kscequinox.com

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Lindsay Szuch runs through the bike path

Students sitting firm on their national anthem opinion SHELBY IAVA

SportS Editor Many people have seen San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick take a knee during the national anthem in their preseason game. land, the Seahawks cornerback Jeremy Lane sat on the bench during the playing of the anthem. Kaepernick told NFL Network’s Steve Wyche on Saturday that he was sitting during the anthem in protest of the United States, and also to raise awareness to the police injustices many minorities face in this country.

These big time athletes have made an impact on the younger generations. This trend has made its way to a neighboring school: UMass Dartmouth.

South Coast Today states Raziel Pena-Vargas, Michael Slaughter Jr. and others on the UMass Dartmouth football team believe taking a knee is standing up for what they believe in.

“I would like for our government stop shooting unarmed black men,” Pena-Vargas said. because this is becoming an epidemic in this country. We need to be better as people.”

Sophomore Jesse Guerra has been playing sports all of his life.

He said that he isn’t the strongest believer of this protest. “With the stats that I’ve read up on, the media ary and demote Trump,” Guerra said.

He continued, “Honestly racism

knee.

“I understand the desire for change in the country given current police force and sometimes commit circumstances in regards to use of these shootings. force and the racial dynamic that is It is incredible of those players to at play in some of these cases; howstand up like that and not be as dis- ever, I feel that the disrespect of the respectful as Colin Kaepernick was when he literally sat for the anthem. by not standing for the National It is an ongoing issue and hasn’t said. to take action and try to prevent He continued, “To me, that is not such actions.”

First-year Jay Fritz said he under- those who have given their lives stands why the athletes take a knee. for their country, their state, their “...I get why the players are doing it, towns and their people, whether but I think it’s just starting to get ridiculous.

The professional athletes are making millions of dollars to play involved with it such as the Pledge a game they love, but they are still being disrespected They are lead- are things to be respected not for ers to a lot of kids and shouldn’t be political matters, but for those who doing this.

I really do like the saying ‘all one may enjoy the rights and liberlives matter,’ and I think that’s what ties that they do here in this counthey should all stand for and the try.” fact that everyone has equal freeRogers talked a lot about the dom in this country.” matter of respect.

Fritz isn’t sure if this trend will “In order to receive respect, you hit Keene State College and the athletic department.

Fritz said, “Honestly, I’m not a hundred percent sure because I makes that individual look bad don’t know a lot of athletes here, but and as a result, de-legitimizes their I would like to say no, but a couple argument. of my best friends back home are I don’t care what color, creed, black and they can be very vocal religion or background you have; about this subject and support it. if you are to live and prosper in a I know there is racism in this country, you must show respect for country, most especially down it,” Rogers said. south, and I wish there wasn’t. But even if everyone does this, unforShelby Iava can be contacted at tunately people are going to think Siava@kscequinox.com what they are going to think no matter what.”

Senior KSC student Kevin Rogers doesn’t believe in taking a can’t say that when those of the

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San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold, left, quarterback Colin Kaepernick, center, and safety Eric Reid kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 2.

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Indianapolis Colts cornerback Antonio Cromartie (31) kneels down during the national anthem before an NFL football game Sunday Oct. 2.

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Members of the crowd take a knee during the nation anthem before Western Kentucky plays Houston Baptist in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 1, in Bowling Green, KY.

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